State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989
30Local Emergency Operations Controller
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30 Local Emergency Operations Controller
30 Local Emergency Operations Controller
(1) The Regional Emergency Operations Controller is to appoint a Local Emergency Operations Controller for each local government area.
(2) The person appointed—
(a) must be a police officer stationed within the region (established under section 21) in which the local government area is located, or, if that is not reasonably practicable, within a region that is, in the opinion of the Regional Emergency Operations Controller, nearby, and
(b) must be a person who, in the opinion of the Regional Emergency Operations Controller, has experience in emergency management.
(3) (Repealed)
s 30: Subst 1995 No 91, Sch 1 [16]; 1997 No 147, Sch 1.24 [2]. Am 2005 No 80, Sch 1 [5]; 2012 No 103, Sch 3 [12] [16].